2020 Volume 5 Issue 2 Supplementary
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THE RELATION OF OUGHT AND IS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AYATULLAH MESBAH YAZDI


Ali Reza NASERI‏‏‎, Hojatoleslam Hassan MOALLEMI, Hojatoleslam Mohammad REZA POUR
Abstract

If we consider the moral principles and judgments to be based on real things and believe in an ‎ethical system in accordance with the system of generation and in accordance with its current ‎laws, then we have a reasonable moral system that we can discuss about it. But if we have a ‎way other than this, in any way, that moral system loses its rationality and cannot be judged ‎with the reason and thought on its principles. In the first case, we have a set of fixed, general, ‎and permanent principles that are in line with objective and noumenal things, and in other ‎words, we have an absolute moral system. Otherwise, the moral judgments are completely ‎meaningless and unreasonable, or result from the individual and collective emotions and ‎desires that lead to relativism in ethics. The discussion of the relationship between ought and is ‎is oriented to the question as to whether it is possible to derive from the "is" and the facts, the ‎‎"ought" and moral judgments, and justify them on the basis of "is"; or whether between these is ‎an impermeable dam that make it impossible to establish any relation between them. In this ‎research, we have reflected the views of the contemporary philosopher, Professor Mesbah ‎Yazdi, and finally we came to the conclusion that he has chosen the first case and believes in ‎the relationship between is and ought.


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